The Oxford History Of The Classical World

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Lefkandi. The site lies on the shore of the Straits of Euboea, between Chalcis and Eretria, and must have been the focus of the early dispute between these cities, as well as a prime source for early Greek
exploration and colonization. British excavations there have dramatically changed our view of the so-called Dark Ages of Greece, in the tenth and ninth centuries B.C.


The Burial Of A Woman At Lefkandi. She wore gold jewellery and an unusual gold brassiere. Near her was the cremation burial of a warrior, his ashes wrapped in a cloak. Both were found in a great apsidal

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